Mount for eyeglasses.



J. MCMULLEN.

MOUNT FOR EYEGLASSES.

APPLIOATION FILED 1111.19, 1912.

1,065,314, Y y Patented June17,1913.

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y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MOMULLEN, OF .ATTIiEBORQ MASSACHUSETTS.

MOUNT FOR EYEG-LASSES.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MCMULLEN, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement Relating to a Mount for Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings forming a part of the same.

My invention relates to a mount for an eyeglass and especially to that class provided with nose guards pivotally connected to the bridge and having nger levers by which the nose guards are separated against the tension of a spring in applying the eyeglass to the nose.

The objects of my invention are to simplify the construction of this class of eyeglass mounts; to avoid the use of screws which are liable to become loosened by continued use; to facilitate the assembling of the several parts; to increase the bearing surfaces of the movable parts; to enable any individual part to be easily removed or replaced; to render the structure more rigid, and secure greater resistance to any deforming strains incident to its use, and also to improve its appearance. These objects, among others, I secure by the construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the annexed claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of an eyeglass mount embodying my invention, a portion only of the lenses being shown. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of one end of the bridge with the pivoted nose guard connected thereto. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the plane of the pivotal connection of the nose guard and bridge. Fig. 5 represents a bottom view, as shown in Fig. 3, but with the spring for actuating the nose guard removed. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the bridge showing the construction at thev opposite ends of the bridge for attaching pivotal nose guards thereto. Fig. 7 is a detached view of the pivotal stud on which the nose guard is mounted. Fig. S is a sectional view on the plane of the pivotal connection of the nose guard and bridge, showing a modification in the construction of the pivotal pin and the application of a spring thereto. Fig. 9 is a detached view of the modified form of the pivotal pin shown in Fig. 8.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led February 19, 1912.

Patented June 17, 1913. Serial No. 678,682.

Similar reference letters and figures refer `to similar parts in the dierent views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the bridge of an eyeglass mount, and 2, 2, denote the lenses supported at the opposite ends of the bridge. In the present instance I have represented the lenses attached to the bridge by straps 3, 3, instead of eye wires. The type of eyeglass shown is known as rimless. Between the arched section 4 of the bridge and the straps 3,- the bridge is flattened and expanded in width to form a broad seat 5 for a nose guard lever 6. The nose guard levers 6 rest upon the upper surfaces of the seat 5 at opposite ends of the bridge. The inner ends of the levers 6 carry nose guards 7, and the outer ends 8 of the levers are adapted to be compressed or brought toward each other by hand in order to rock the levers 6 and separate the nose guards 7 in applying them to the nose. The nose guard lever 6 is pivoted upon a stud 9 having a large cylindrical surface 10 on which the lever turns and a anged head 11 extending over the top of the nose guard lever, thereby securely holding it in place while it is free to rock upon and be supported by the broad Aseat 5. y

The stud 9 is securely held in the bridg as follows :-An elongated hole 12 is made in the bridgeV having its central portion preferably inclosed by curved sides 13, 13, concentric with the seat 5. The stud 9 immediately below the cylindrical surface l() is also cylindrical at 14, but of less diameter, and is adapted to t in and be capable of turning between the curved sides 13, 13, of t-he elongated hole in the bridge. Below the cylindrical portion 14 the stud is flattened and extended in width forming shoulders 15, 15. The lever 6 is applied to the cylindrical surface 10 and the stud 9 is inserted through the hole 12 and turned one quarter revolution, bringing the shoulders 15, 15, against the under side of the seat 5. In order to render the stud 9 more firm in its seat the under side of t-he seat is recessed, as shown at 16, 16, Fig. 6, forming shoulders 17, 17, on opposite sides of the elongated hole 12. The shoulders 17, v 17, serve as stops to limit the rotation of the stud to one quarter revolution. The bottoms of the recesses 16, 1G, are preferably cam shaped or inclined, so that the passage of the shoulders 15, 15, over thein will draw the cylindrical bearing surface irmly against the upper surface of the seat. The stud 9 eX-V tends some distance below the seat and at its lower end it is provided with shol'll'ders 18, 18. A torsional. spring 19 is applied to the extended lower end of the stud, having one end provided with a hook 20 which engages the Hattened sides of the stud. The opposite end of the spring is connected to the nose guard lever 6 at 21.

The tension ot the springs. on opposite ends of the bridge is so applied to the nose guard levers t3 thattheir tension will tend to rockthe levers` 6 on their pivotal studs to carry the nose guards against the nose in the manner common to springs usually applied tonose guard levers.

In Fig.` 8` I have shown a slight modication in the construction ot' the pivotal studV which consists in forming an extension to hold" the torsional spring on. the upper end of the stud instead' ol' t-he lower end', as.

shown in Fig. 4, the upward extension being similar to the lower extension shown in Fig. 1, except that it is placed above the flangedy head: of' the stud.

In Figs. 8 andl9, thevarious numerals are primed to correspond with the same parts in the other figures ofthe drawing.

rllhe pivotal stud comprises in either orn the forms shown a hanged head' on which the nose guard lever rocks, a. shank of less diameter than the head, forming a shoulder which rests upon the upper surface of the bridge, a radial projection or shoulder adapted, by a rotative movement of the stud, tofengage the under side of the bridge,

and an extension to which one end of thespring` isconnected provided at its end with projections or shoulders overlapping the spr-ing. Upon the under side of the bridge I provide aA stop to limit the rotative movement of the stud, consistingin the present instance of the shouldersl?, 17, and in orderto draw the head of the stud irmly against the upper side ot the bridge, cam surfaces are for-med on the under slide of the bridge, over which the radial projections or shoulders 15, 15 pass as the stud is rotated.

These elements may obviously be embodied in otheryforms than those'shown in the accompanying drawings, therefore I do not wish to confine myself to the specic embodiment illustrated'.

The radial projections l5, l5, are held against the stop shoulders 17, 17 by the tension ofthe springslt)` as applied to the pivotal studs. For this purpose the shoulders 17, 17 at theopposite ends of the bridge are reversed, or made right and left, as shown in Fig. 6. The tensionl of the springs theretore, tends to prevent the loosening ot the pivotal studs.

In the accompanying drawings I havev shown adesirable method of? connecting the end ot the spring with the nose guard lever, when the spring is placed in what I consider a preferable position, viz., beneath the bridge. As shown in Fig. 4t the nose guard lever is bent downwardly between the nose guard and the bridge and adjacent to the bridge, as represented at Fig. 4, thereby bringing the lever into the plane of the spring, and to the downwardly bent section I connect the outer end of the torsional spring. The lever is then bent upwardly to bringits attachment to the nose guard into, or preferably slightly above the plane of the pivot-al connection ot' the lever with the bridge. The downward and upward bends of the lever form a loop which may be va ried in curvature to adjust the position ot the nose guard.

I claim,

1. In an eyeglass mount, the combination with a bridgeand a pivoted nose guard lever supported thereby, of a pivotal stud torsaid lever having a flanged head provided with .1 bearing surtace for saidlever, a shank passf ing through a hole in the bridge and having a shoulder adapted to be rotatively brought into engagement with cam surfaces on the bridge.

2. In an. eyeglass mount, a bridge, a nose guard lever, a pivotal stud for said lever provided with a cylindrical head forming a bearing. for said lever, a shank rotatable in said bridge, a radial projection adapted to engage the surface of the bridge, and a stop to limit the rotation of the stud.

3. In an eyeglass mount, a bridge having an elongated hole, a pivotal stud having a shank passing throughy said hole, means adapted by a rotative movement imparted to said stud to hold the studl from endwise movement, and a nose guard lever pivotally held on said stud.

fl. In an eyeglass mount, a bridge having a hole therethrough, pivotal stud provided with av shoulder bearing against one side of the bridge, a shank passing through the hole in the bridge and having a radial projection adapted by a rotative movement of said stud to be brought into engagement with the oppositeside of said bridge, and a nose guard:

lever pivotedv on said stud.

5. In an eyeglass mount, a bridge having al hole therethrough, a pivotal stud held in said hole provided with a cylindricaly surface formingl a bearing for a nose guard le ver, a shank passing through the hole in the bridge, means carried by the stud to hold it from endwise movement, and means carried by thevbridge to hold the stud from rotative movement in one direction, and a nose guard lever pivoted on said stud.

6. In an eyeglass mount, a bridge-having a hole therethrough, a pivotal stud having a shank held in said hole, a radial projectionl Lon said shank engaging a recess 1n said bridge, a stop to limit the rotative movement of said stud, and a nose guard lever pivoted on said stud.

7. In an eyeglass mount, a bridge having a hole therethrough, a pivotal stud held therein, cams adapted by a rotative movement of the stud to hold the stud from longitudinal movement, a nose Ouard lever pivoted on said stud, a longituc inal extension on said stud, and a torsional spring carried by said extension and connected With said nose guard lever.

8. In an eyeglass mount, a bridge having a hole therethrough, a pivotal stud having a shoulder bearing against one side of said bridge, a cam surface on the opposite side of said bridge, a shank passing through said hole, a radial projection on said stud enoaging said cam surface to draw said shoulcer against the bridge, and a. nose guard lever pivoted on said stud.

9. In an eyeglass mount, a bridge having a hole therethrough, a stud held in said hole,

provided With a flattened section projectin beyond the surface of the bridge, a torsiona spring having one end connected With Said flattened section, a nose guard lever pivoted on said stud and connected With the opposite end of said spring, and a projection on the end of said flattened section overlapping said spring.

10. In an eyeglass mount, a bridge having a hole therethrough, a pivotal stud held in said hole and capable of a rotative movement, a stop on the bridge to limit the rotative movement of said stud in one direction, a nose guard lever pivotally mounted on said stud, and a torsional springwith one end connected With said lever an its opposite end connected with said stud, with the tension of said spring applied to hold said stud against said stop.

JOHN MGMULLEN. lVitnesses:

PENELOPE COMBEBBACH, NELLIE WHALEN.

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